Steering-knuckle



R. M. KANIK.

STEERSNG KNUCKLE.

APPucAlnoN FILED Auml, 1920.

Unirse srarssearanr castes.

RUDOLPH is. Kamm, or CLINTONVILLE, WISCONSIN,

STEERING-KNUCKLE.

Application led'August 9, 1920. Serial No. 402,222.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH M.4 KANIK, a citizen of the Austrian Republic, and resident of Clintonville, in the county of Waupaca and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steering-Knuckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention refers to steering knuckles,

and. it has for its object to provide a twopiece steering knuckle so arranged and construct'ed as to eliminate loose parts, reduce the cost of manufacture, with provision for adjusting the vertically disposed bearings, the primary parts comprising ya one-piece hollow head which is nested within-the corresponding one-piece hollow shell, *the parts being locked together by meansof the bearings which are combined to constitute both radial and'thrust bearings.

With the above object in view, the invention consists in cert-ain peculiarities-of construction and comblnation of parts, as are herein set forth with reference to the accompanying `illustrations and subsequently defined in claim. l

In the drawings: l Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a steering knuckle, embodying the fea' tures of my invention, the section being indicated by line 11 of Fig. 2, .and

Fig. r2 is a sectional elevation of the same, the section being indicated `by line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with parts broken away and parts in section, to more clearly illustrate the structural features. Y

Referring by characters to the drawings,

represents an axle which terminates with a hollow circular head 2 that'is opened at@ its end. y

Extending from the circular outer walls of the head is'a pair of cups 3, which cups are in axial alinement and vertically dls- 41:5v

posed. -Each cup is reamed out to form a vshoulder 4 that is adapted to have seatedthereon a female bearing race ring 5.

The upper edge face or lip of each cup is formed with a il-shaped annular gasket groove 6, and is adapted to receive the cor respondingly lower V-shaped edge of a gasket 7.

Nested over thecircular portion andalso the cup portions of the head, is a circular one-piece axle shell 8, the same being open at its rear end and closedjat itsfront end to Specification of Letters Patent.

vjoint are adapted tobe readily Patented Mar. 29, 1921i.

pair of semi-circular neck portions 10, which' project from its circular wall andwhich neck portions terminate with horizontally disposed sleeves 11, the same being in axial alinement with the head cups and spaced slightly from they lips of these cups so as to facilitate assemblage. The inner edge faces of the sleeves are formed with annular grooves 6', which grooves are adapted toreceive the upper edges of gaskets 7. Thus in assemblage it will be seen that the parts-can be readily slipped one over theother, and that the yielding gaskets 7 will readily slide over the cup-lips and find their seats within the grooves 6.

Fitted into each sleeveis a Jplug l2, having an inwardly extended shoulder 13',

from which springs a central .stud portion 4 13, 'the shoulder and stud portion of the plug are adapted to receive a male bearing race ring 5,,which may be shrunk or' otherwise secured in place. This bearing race, in conjunction with the bearing 5 forms friction surfaces for a setof obliquely disposed conical rollers 14, and it will'be observed that j the shoulder 13 of the plug, where it merges ,into Athe collar proper, forms a cavity 'space spondingly threaded innery walls of the sleeves 11, whereby adjustment of the bearingsmay be effected. v

From the foregoing description" it will be observed, that the primary'elements of the cast into units and that very little machlne work is necessary, and that furthermore theparts A can be 'quickl assembled with the assistance cessarily skilled in the art of vthose not. mechanism. Asclearly shown, the shouldered cup forms bottom cavity for the re ceptionof a grease acking, which packing i is inserted in assemb age. As shown in-Fig;

16, which projects from one side thereof. claim j i vA steering knuckle comprising an axle bottom shoulder, the outer edge lip of the Avcup provided with annular gaskt 2, the shell is provided with a steering arm grooves, a one-pieve circular aXle shell fitted over the circular head, the shell having an open rear end and a, closed front, semi-Cireular neek portions extending from the shell body and adapted to be fitted about the head Cups, the neck portions terminating with sleeves having their outer ends internally threaded and their lower edge faces provided with gasket grooves to correspond with the grooves of the head eups, gaskets carried by the sleeve grooves and engaging the cup grooves, plugs fitted into the sleeves having inwardly extended shoulders terminating' with studs, bearing raee rings fitted into the cup eavity and against its shoulders,

other healing rare rings fitted over the plug studs and engaging their shoulder portions, a series of anti-friction rollers fitted between the race rings, the same being inclined toward the axis of the eups, confining caps for the plugs in threaded union withthe sleeves` an axial spindle extending from the closed front wall of the shell, and a steering arln extending transversely from the shell body.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set lny hand at Milwaukee, in t'be eounty of Milwaukee and State of 1Wis- RUDOLPII M. KNIK.

consin. 

